Cyware Weekly Threat Intelligence, November 30 - December 4, 2020

Weekly Threat Briefing • December 4, 2020
Weekly Threat Briefing • December 4, 2020
The Good
This week has definitely brought some good news for the cyberworld. New Zealand passed its new Privacy Act that requires organizations to report serious data breach incidents, while the U.S. Senate passed a bill that aims to protect individuals from student debt relief scams. In addition, Google is working on launching Chrome’s safety feature that would warn users against weak passwords.
The Bad
With the good news as a silver lining in the cloud, let us read about the dark clouds that loomed over businesses this week. There have been numerous ransomware attacks on organizations, including Banijay and Advantech. Delaware County and K12 were forced to pay a ludicrous ransom amount to stop the spread of sensitive info by threat actors. The pharma sector continues to be ravaged by threat actors; six pharma companies in the U.S., the U.K, and South Korea were targeted by North Korean hackers.
New Threats
Several new threats and vulnerabilities emerged this week. Take the case of a new backdoor related to the OceanLotus gang. The threat landscape has new additions in the form of Gootkit trojan forming a partnership with REvil ransomware to wreak maximum havoc. Moreover, the Oracle WebLogic vulnerability continues to be explored by the DarkIRC and Tsunami+Monero botnets.